smbclient question...

[TheOmegaCode]

FAQ needs more linux support
Anyways, I rarely mess with Samba... but I had to install samba client on my Nix box at work. I can get to mapped drives
#smbclient //ersmain/apps -U Administrator
password# XXXXXXX
smb: >


Now my question as follows... Can I mount server shares? Do I have the ability/ability to write to the shares? The account which I'm logging on with does...

 

[n0cmonkey]

You should be able to write to them, but mounting them depends on your OS. Linux has smbfs (?) support to my knowledge, but many of the other UNIX-like systems dont. Check your kernel config.

 

[TheOmegaCode]

ok, say I have a file under /home/interns/tmp and I want to copy it to a windows share \\ersmain\apps\ ?

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< ok, say I have a file under /home/interns/tmp and I want to copy it to a windows share \\ersmain\apps\ ? >>



man smbclient

I have no clue how it works.

 

[kylef]

You can mount samba shares in linux and make them appear as though they're on the local filesystem. You must have smbfs support enabled in your kernel either as a module or directly compiled into your kernel. Most default kernels have support already.

Typically, you'd add a line like this to your /etc/fstab file:



<<
\\machine.domainname.com\sharename /mountpoint smbfs auto,owner,username=username%passwd 0 0
>>



Obviously, this is not an ideal solution if you want to keep your password secret...

Also, make sure that your samba server, if it is a Windows box, has "NetBIOS over TCP/IP" enabled.

 

[TheOmegaCode]

xSMBrowser is so cool... I went ahead and installed it on my box. The good news is that it doesn't need smbfs so you can install it on essentially any nix box... BTW, it comes back showing me all shares, even 'hidden 2k' shares